The debate about online shopping versus in-store misses the point by creating a false dichotomy – what matters more is how much you buy, from whom, where the product is made, and what it’s made from.
Vietnam is poised to play a significant role in the Indo-Pacific region’s decarbonisation. Now is the time for Australia to strengthen its strategic relationship with the country, and the broader Southeast Asia region.
New research has revealed persistent barriers that continue to thwart the political ambitions of young women from standing for election.
Religious discrimination laws have been highly controversial in Australia in recent years. Here’s where they started, and where we are now.
In assessing Scott Morrison’s prime ministership, several factors need to be taken into account. On many of them, his record is poor.
As Closing the Gap policy failures are laid bare in the Productivity Commission’s latest report, a new study aims to quantify the gap in Indigenous mental health and economic insecurity.
2023 was a watershed year for women’s reproductive rights in Australia, but the cost of contraception and abortion services remains too high.
In less than two years, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has gone from clear choice to fighting for majority support in the polls. What happened?
A group of mostly white academics applauding the statement “I hate rap” diminishes the historical and socio-cultural contexts surrounding the form.
If we’re going to genuinely improve behaviour and disruptions at school, we need to move from “fixing the blame” towards “fixing the problem”.
Life insurance companies can legally use the results of genetic tests to decline coverage or increase premiums. MPs have called for legislation that bans this practice.
If the ACT is serious about protecting children’s rights, it should accept that all children born through surrogacy have a right to have their functional parents recognised as their legal parents.
If there’s proof needed that something needs changing, it’s surely the furtive cry we hear to “close the gap”.
It might sound like difficult terrain, but ideas of nationhood can be progressive as well as regressive, and could help bind Australians ahead of the Voice referendum.
If the Voice referendum is lost on 14 October, the Prime Minister will have to confront some diabolically difficult challenges, and quickly pivot to the role of healer-in-chief.
The surprising frequency of bees on coins through history shows the enduring importance to human societies of our buzzing companions.
Australia has leapt to 26th in the 2023 World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report, but we’re still behind countries such as New Zealand and Rwanda.
Jacinta Walsh’s great grandmother navigated oppressive policies her entire life, and didn’t have a public voice. Now, however, through the family’s storytelling, she does.
In a new book, Melissa Castan and Professor Lynette Russell write that the proposed Voice to Parliament will enhance, not damage, our democratic institutions.
On 14 October, it’s our civic responsibility to make an informed decision about the referendum question regarding the Voice to Parliament.
Australian radio pays between just 10-27% of the commercial rates paid elsewhere in the world, meaning local artists are being considerably underpaid.
As the Voice to Parliament referendum draws closer, it’s worth noting the main regulations relating to matters such as advertising, authorisation, and financial disclosure.
Parliament missed an opportunity to ban misinformation and disinformation during the referendum campaign.
New research from The Smith Family tracks a group of young people, two years after finishing high school.
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